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Simultaneous speciation of arsenic, selenium, and chromium: species, stability, sample preservation, and analysis of ash and soil leachates Simultaneous speciation of arsenic, selenium, and chromium: species, stability, sample preservation, and analysis of ash and soil leachates
An analytical method using high-performance liquid chromatography separation with inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) detection previously developed for the determination of Cr(III) and Cr(VI) has been adapted to allow the determination of As(III), As(V), Se(IV), Se(VI), Cr(III), and Cr(VI) under the same chromatographic conditions. Using this method, all six inorganic...
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Ruth E. Wolf, Suzette A. Morman, Philip L. Hageman, Todd M. Hoefen, Geoffrey S. Plumlee
The Moon Mineralogy Mapper (M3) imaging spectrometer for lunar science: Instrument description, calibration, on‐orbit measurements, science data calibration and on‐orbit validation The Moon Mineralogy Mapper (M3) imaging spectrometer for lunar science: Instrument description, calibration, on‐orbit measurements, science data calibration and on‐orbit validation
The NASA Discovery Moon Mineralogy Mapper imaging spectrometer was selected to pursue a wide range of science objectives requiring measurement of composition at fine spatial scales over the full lunar surface. To pursue these objectives, a broad spectral range imaging spectrometer with high uniformity and high signal-to-noise ratio capable of measuring compositionally diagnostic spectral
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C. Pieters, P. Mouroulis, M. Eastwood, J. Boardman, R.O. Green, T. Glavich, P. Isaacson, A. Chatterjee, R. Clark, D. Barr, M. Annadurai, S. Besse, D. Cate, L. Cheek, J. Combe, D. Dhingra, V. Essandoh, S. Geier, J.N. Goswami, R. Green, V. Haemmerle, J. Head, L. Hovland, S. Hyman, R. Klima, T. Koch, G. Kramer, A.S.K. Kumar, K. Lee, S. Lundeen, E. Malaret, T. McCord, S. McLaughlin, J. Mustard, J. Nettles, N. Petro, K. Plourde, C. Racho, J. Rodriguez, C. Runyon, G. Sellar, C. Smith, H. Sobel, M. Staid, J. Sunshine, L. Taylor, K. Thaisen, S. Tompkins, H. Tseng, G. Vane, P. Varanasi, M. White, D. Wilson
PRISM: Processing routines in IDL for spectroscopic measurements (installation manual and user's guide, version 1.0) PRISM: Processing routines in IDL for spectroscopic measurements (installation manual and user's guide, version 1.0)
This report describes procedures for installing and using the U.S. Geological Survey Processing Routines in IDL for Spectroscopic Measurements (PRISM) software. PRISM provides a framework to conduct spectroscopic analysis of measurements made using laboratory, field, airborne, and space-based spectrometers. Using PRISM functions, the user can compare the spectra of materials of unknown...
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Raymond F. Kokaly
Newer views of the Moon: Comparing spectra from Clementine and the Moon Mineralogy Mapper Newer views of the Moon: Comparing spectra from Clementine and the Moon Mineralogy Mapper
The Moon Mineralogy Mapper (M3) provided the first global hyperspectral data of the lunar surface in 85 bands from 460 to 2980 nm. The Clementine mission provided the first global multispectral maps the lunar surface in 11 spectral bands across the ultraviolet-visible (UV-VIS) and near-infrared (NIR). In an effort to understand how M3 improves our ability to analyze and interpret lunar...
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Georgiana Y. Kramer, Sebastian Besse, Jeff Nettles, Jean-Philippe Combe, Roger N. Clark, Carle M. Pieters, Matthew Staid, Joseph Boardman, Robert Green, Thomas B. McCord, Erik Malaret, James W. Head
Aqueous mineralogy and stratigraphy at and around the proposed Mawrth Vallis MSL Landing Site: New insights into the aqueous history of the region Aqueous mineralogy and stratigraphy at and around the proposed Mawrth Vallis MSL Landing Site: New insights into the aqueous history of the region
In this work, we have confirmed the mineralogical stratigraphy previously inferred by other authors, but also demonstrate the presence of additional minerals, including a possible acid-leaching product near the top of the sequence, an Mh-OH bearing phyllosilicate at the to of the sequence, and potentially a Ca-sulfate at the bottom of the phyllosilicate sequence. The latter has important
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Eldar Z. Noe Dobrea, Joseph Michalski, Gregg Swayze
Sources and physical processes responsible for OH/H2O in the lunarsoil as revealed by the Moon Mineralogy Mapper (M3) Sources and physical processes responsible for OH/H2O in the lunarsoil as revealed by the Moon Mineralogy Mapper (M3)
Analysis of two absorption features near 3 μm in the lunar reflectance spectrum, observed by the orbiting M3 spectrometer and interpreted as being due to OH and H2O, is presented, and the results are used to discuss the processes producing these molecules. This analysis focuses on the dependence of the absorptions on lunar physical properties, including composition, illumination...
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T. B. McCord, L.A. Taylor, J. #NAME? Combe, G. Kramer, C.M. Pieters, J.M. Sunshine, R. N. Clark
Shoreline surveys of oil-impacted marsh in southern Louisiana, July to August 2010 Shoreline surveys of oil-impacted marsh in southern Louisiana, July to August 2010
This report describes shoreline surveys conducted in the marshes of Louisiana in areas impacted by oil spilled from the Deepwater Horizon offshore oil drilling platform in the Gulf of Mexico. Three field expeditions were conducted on July 7-10, August 12-14, and August 24-26, 2010, in central Barataria Bay and the Bird's Foot area at the terminus of the Mississippi River delta. This...
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Raymond F. Kokaly, David Heckman, JoAnn Holloway, Sarai C. Piazza, Brady R. Couvillion, Gregory D. Steyer, Christopher T. Mills, Todd M. Hoefen
DESI-Detection of early-season invasives (software-installation manual and user's guide version 1.0) DESI-Detection of early-season invasives (software-installation manual and user's guide version 1.0)
This report describes a software system for detecting early-season invasive plant species, such as cheatgrass. The report includes instructions for installing the software and serves as a user's guide in processing Landsat satellite remote sensing data to map the distributions of cheatgrass and other early-season invasive plants. The software was developed for application to the semi...
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Raymond F. Kokaly
Detecting Cheatgrass on the Colorado Plateau using Landsat data: A tutorial for the DESI software Detecting Cheatgrass on the Colorado Plateau using Landsat data: A tutorial for the DESI software
Invasive plant species disrupt native ecosystems and cause economic harm to public lands. In this report, an example of applying the Detection of Early Season Invasives software to mapping cheatgrass infestations is given. A discussion of each step of the DESI process is given, including selection of Landsat images. Tutorial data, covering a semi-arid area in southern Utah, are...
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Raymond F. Kokaly
Thermal structure and dynamics of Saturn's northern springtime disturbance Thermal structure and dynamics of Saturn's northern springtime disturbance
Saturn’s slow seasonal evolution was disrupted in 2010–2011 by the eruption of a bright storm in its northern spring hemisphere. Thermal infrared spectroscopy showed that within a month, the resulting planetary-scale disturbance had generated intense perturbations of atmospheric temperatures, winds, and composition between 20° and 50°N over an entire hemisphere (140,000 kilometers). The
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L.N. Fletcher, B.E. Hesman, P.G.J. Irwin, K. H. Baines, T.W. Momary, A. Sanchez-Lavega, F.M. Flasar, P.L. Read, G.S. Orton, A. Simon-Miller, R. Hueso, G.L. Bjoraker, A. Mamoutkine, Rio-Gaztelurrutia Del, J.M. Gomez, B. Buratti, R. N. Clark, P. D. Nicholson, Christophe Sotin
Titan's cloud seasonal activity from winter to spring with Cassini/VIMS Titan's cloud seasonal activity from winter to spring with Cassini/VIMS
Since Saturn orbital insertion in July 2004, the Cassini orbiter has been observing Titan throughout most of the northern winter season (October 2002–August 2009) and the beginning of spring, allowing a detailed monitoring of Titan’s cloud coverage at high spatial resolution with close flybys on a monthly basis. This study reports on the analysis of all the near-infrared images of Titan...
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S. Rodriguez, S. Le Mouelic, P. Rannou, Christophe Sotin, R. H. Brown, J. W. Barnes, C.A. Griffith, J. Burgalat, K. H. Baines, B. J. Buratti, R. N. Clark, P. D. Nicholson
Remote compositional analysis of lunar olivine-rich lithologies with Moon Mineralogy Mapper (M3) spectra Remote compositional analysis of lunar olivine-rich lithologies with Moon Mineralogy Mapper (M3) spectra
A systematic approach for deconvolving remotely sensed lunar olivine‐rich visible to near‐infrared (VNIR) reflectance spectra with the Modified Gaussian Model (MGM) is evaluated with Chandrayaan‐1 Moon Mineralogy Mapper (M3) spectra. Whereas earlier studies of laboratory reflectance spectra focused only on complications due to chromite inclusions in lunar olivines, we develop a...
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P.J. Isaacson, C.M. Pieters, S. Besse, Roger N. Clark, J.W. Head, R.L. Klima, J.F. Mustard, N.E. Petro, M.I. Staid, J.M. Sunshine, L.A. Taylor, K.G. Thaisen, S. Tompkins